Improved mop-wringer



TINTTBD STATES PATENT @Trice MARY P. CARPENTER, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

IMPROVED lVlOP-WRlNGER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 52,l36, dated January23, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY P. CARPENTER, of Buffalo, in Erie county andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMops; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exactdescription ofthe said invention.

The nature ot' my invention consists in coinbining with a mop anarrangement or device for wringing the cloth without the necessity ofwetting the hands.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to de scribe its construction and operation.

In theaccompanyin g drawings a perspective view is shown,\vhichrepresents the invention complete.

A is the handle. B is a frame into which two rollers are made to work.These rollers are marked C and D. They are made of wood and revolve onpivots marked E, F, H, and L, and are drawn together by twosprings,which are marked G and I. These springs are made to clasp eachofthe pivots, as will be readily seen in the drawing. J is a handle bywhich the rollers are turned.

The red dotted lines marked K representan endless apron or themop-cloth. It is drawn between the rollers, and the two ends are sewedtogether.

In workingI the water is forced from the cloth by turning' the rollersby means of the handle marked J.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The combination ot' a wringer with a mop.

MARY P. CARPENTER.

Wvitnesses:

JAMES SANGSTER, Anios W. SANesrnn.

